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Bielsa headed for Leeds role

By AFP
June 14, 2018

LONDON: Maverick former Argentina and Chile coach Marcelo Bielsa is close to agreeing to becoming the surprise new manager of sleeping English football giants Leeds United according to media reports.The 62-year-old would according to The Yorkshire Evening Post be the highest paid manager in the club’s history and will fill the vacuum left by Paul Heckingbotham, sacked earlier this month after just 16 games in charge of the second tier outfit.